sorry I didn't notice the fact it was only a surface when you mentioned taking out the ssd I thought immediately it was a pro . You can remove the ssd from a pro not so much a surface as the ssd in a surface is actually a eMMC ,similar to a tablet, which is soldered to the motherboard and cannot be removed. Your best bet is to follow Oswald Pan 's instruction and get a bootable jump drive with say ubuntu or some other linux distribution and remove your info that way

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